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Stranded in Babylon

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Fleeing a Lion, Meeting a Bear

The reason I started this blog was because God told me he was coming. And the coming he told me of was so terrifying I didn’t know what to do with it. I wasn’t even sure I believed it. I believe it now. Last month I found myself in the…

Progressive Christianity

I don’t usually post other people’s stuff. But I think this is sufficiently important for people to hear that it’s worth me doing so. Like many Christians, I’ve watched with growing alarm the abandonment of what Paul refers to as “sound doctrine,” “deep truths,” and “godly teaching;” the reluctance to…

Social Justice or Just Justice?

I’m afraid we’re getting sidetracked. Not because justice isn’t central to who God is, but because we’re allowing the world to dictate what it means. And as we do the world’s work, good and all as it may be, we’re telling ourselves that this is the Kingdom.

Jeremiah 13:16-17

Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom. If you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of…

Strong Delusion (Part 2)

Part 2 of a Three-Part Introduction to Deception in the Church (part 1)   …because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion,so that they may believe the lie. 2 Th 2:10–11.   There’s a pattern in deception that I’ve alluded…

Strong Delusion (Part 1)

Ephraim is like a dove, Easily deceived and senseless. Hosea 7:11 Social Media Fail I made a terrible mistake. Under the tyranny that is social media it was an unforgivable blunder. And I was not forgiven. A few months ago I did something I’ve largely refrained from doing for years.…